That's a very good question.
There have been no assurances that the federal government will assume its share of costs. I was rather disheartened when I read one week ago in a Globe and Mail article that Ottawa's response contained no indication that such compensation would be forthcoming. There was a statement from Health Canada that said that “further study and analysis is required in order to understand the underlying cause and scale of price increases”.
I urge the federal government to recognize that this problem was caused by the federal government and it bears the responsibility for mitigating its fiscal impact.